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Kindly keep my artworks

Hi

Greetings, my name is R. Gopakumar The following images are my own artworks that I uploaded. They will be deleted soon. I would appreciate it if you could resolve this issue. My own works and images are shown below. The username I use is "Editani". I uploaded these images because I need to create a gallery on my Wikipedia it version https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gopakumar_R.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R-Gopakumar-Mind-Scape.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R-Gopakumar-On-your-own.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Water.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar-Cognition_Libido.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar-Must-not-be-beautiful.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Fire.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Earth.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ehemeral_Void-Space.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:R._Gopakumar_Ephemeral_Void-Air.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gopakumar-R.jpg

Regards R. Gopakumar Editani (talk) 05:32, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Editani: Hi, and welcome. Please send permission for them via VRT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 06:05, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Editani: As far as Commons is concerned, I agree with Jeff, but it looks like you are violating it:Wikipedia:Conflitto di interessi. It's not my role here to enforce the rules of the Italian Wikipedia, but I suggest you try to get in line with that rule or you are likely to have your account there blocked. - Jmabel ! talk 06:48, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Aeron10 and Ruthven: FYI.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 11:21, 3 March 2024 (UTC)

@Editani Besides the COI declaration, mandatory on it.wiki (see it:WP:CSC), the source for some files, e.g. R-Gopakumar-Mind-Scape.jpg is a website published with not free license. This is no compliant with Commons' guidelines. Ruthven (msg) 15:50, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Hi, Thanks for your guidence.

Kindly fix this issue. It was the same issue for my following image, then that fixed. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linguistics_River.jpg

Please fix the same way my all images which I uploaded. Editani (talk) 04:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@Editani: Please have R. Gopakumar send or post permission similar to that sent in Ticket:2024011310001052. Why do you need multiple accounts?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:35, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Uploading a new version of File:Wikimania - The Wikimentary.webm

Hello, Recently, I have uploaded File:Wikimania - The Wikimentary - Edited.webm, a cropped-down version of File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm. But actually, perhaps I should've just updated the latter rather than creating a new file... My project being that the former replaces the latter everywhere it is used.

The problem with File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm, as you can see if you watch the video, is that it starts over regularly to the beginning - so the visionner of the video has to speed up to where it cut off last in order to enjoy the full length. The full video, no interruption, thus begins at 25'40 . My edit aims to show only the useful length (so starting at 25'40 ) .

If I were to update directly File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm, I would edit again my own edit: right now, i repet several times that my edit shortens the original publication, and that I do not own the credit, blah, blah... Looking back, on it, it's not so necessary.

What do you think? Can I Overwrite the current video, File:Wikimania - the Wikimentary.webm ? Thank you for your advice,
Blocktomo (talk) 21:25, 5 March 2024 (UTC)

@Blocktomo: I tagged this file with {{Allow Overwriting}} for you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ _{please ping or talk to me}🇺🇦 06:02, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

Now, I can't upload a decent new version because I'm limited to 100 mb... Blocktomo (talk) 16:17, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

@Blocktomo: Try with User talk:Rillke/bigChunkedUpload.js. Yann (talk) 16:37, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Wow thanks! I'll post an update when I do it. Blocktomo (talk) 10:19, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Okay, done! thank you @Jeff G. and @Yann !

I had however read somewhere that only auto-patrol members were aloud to use bigChunkedUploads ... Have I been breaking the rules? I mean, I believe my edit was useful, so I'm glad I did it, but it's worth asking, as that can help me better understand the conventions of Wikimedia Commons. Blocktomo (talk) 11:39, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

@Blocktomo: You're welcome. Autopatrol is not mentioned on that page or on Help:Chunked upload. It goes without saying that only users confident in adding to their js files may do so.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:40, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Err... what kind of dangers can adding bigChunkedUpload to my js files pose to my computer? Or do you mean, "confident in finding where the js files actually are"? Blocktomo (talk) 20:24, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@Blocktomo: Running someone else's code carries inherent risks. OTOH, I've been using this code for years, without incidents due to this code (the servers have occasionally had problems with my uploads that I have reported in phab:).   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:14, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

But no risk can be hidden, right? I mean, the "virus" would a part of the code? A skilled programmer (such as not myself) could detect it in the code?

Thanks, Blocktomo (talk) 09:54, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Blocktomo: Yes, but both the host and the set of Admins can change it after review. We have had a rogue Admin.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:12, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Broken link to National Park Service File - Can I upload a copy to Wikimedia Commons?

aANew York State hosted online a 30 page PDF copy of an OMB 1024-0018 NPS (National Park Service) form documenting a historic church in Saratoga County that was linked by the Wikipedia article on the church stood. 9 photos included in the PDF are also linked. The old links to a New York State website no longer function and the document isn't found on the Wayback machine. Searching I found a reference to the document the National Park Service website as "The PDF file for this National Register record has not yet been digitized.". I downloaded a copy of the PDF from the NY webpages prior to it the link being broken. The church was torn down not long after being put on the register of historic places. The PDF has 9 photos documenting the structure.

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 0MB NO. 1024-0018, NPS FORM NATIONAL PARK SERVICE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES REGISTRATION FORM

My question is can I upload the PDF to Wikimedia commons? Could the photos be copied out of the document and used to illustrate the Wikipedia page? Thanks. HareHereHare (talk) 23:59, 6 March 2024 (UTC)

@HareHereHare: Hi, and welcome. Who filled out the form and added the photos?   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 00:09, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Signed by a Deputy Commissioner for Historic Preservation, and a "signature of Keeper". The form was prepared by a Program Analyst with NYS OPRHP DHP Field Seryices.

The form is stamped in a number of places as "RECEIVED 413 DEC 12 1994 INTERAGENCY RESOURCES DIVISION NATIONAL PARK SERVICE" HareHereHare (talk) 00:19, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

The photographs include scans of the reverse that show the name of the photographer (the NYS OPRHP DHP Field Services analyst) and location of the negatives (NYS OPRHP DHP Field Services). HareHereHare (talk) 00:26, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

Noodling around the NPS website I found a copyright disclaimer on an asset they actually have linked: "Copyright Information:

Permission must be secured from the individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this website." HareHereHare (talk) 00:47, 7 March 2024 (UTC)

@HareHereHare: Thanks, so we need the NYS OPRHP DHP Field Services analyst to send permission via VRT, either with the PDF file or with a link to it, preferably with a carbon copy to you.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:45, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

PDF/Vorschau JPG-Auflösung

Hallo,

ich habe ein Buch als PDF hochgeladen. Man kann sich jede Seite auch als JPG anzeigen lassen. Unter dem Vorschaubild steht: Größe der JPG-Vorschau dieser PDF-Datei: 439 × 599 Pixel. Weitere Auflösungen: 176 × 240 Pixel | 352 × 480 Pixel.

Warum wird keine größere Auflösung angeboten, wenn die PDF-Originaldatei eigentlich 800 × 1.091 Pixel hat? Es geht um folgende Datei: file:Список дворян Киевской губернии, 1906 г.pdf. Danke für jede Hilfe. Angel Miklashevsky (talk) 15:58, 8 March 2024 (UTC)

Den Link zur vollen Auflösung findest Du (vielleicht wenig intuitiv) in der nächsten Zeile als "Originaldatei ‎(800 × 1.091 Pixel [...]" Windharp (talk) 09:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey, danke für deine Antwort.

Allerdings möchte ich nicht die Originaldatei (PDF) öffnen, sondern nur, dass ein JPG-Bild als Vorschau angezeigt wird.

Schau mal hier z.B. File:Памятная книжка Ставропольской губернии 1893 г.pdf. Das ist ebenfalls ein PDF und dadrunter steht: Größe der JPG-Vorschau dieser PDF-Datei: 406 × 600 Pixel. Weitere Auflösungen: 162 × 240 Pixel | 325 × 480 Pixel | 956 × 1.412 Pixel.

Wieso steht das bei der o.g. Daten nicht? Liglioto (talk) 11:44, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Vorschaubilder werden nur in einer Reihe genormter Größen automatisch generiert. Da Deine PDF nur eine Größe vonm 800x1091 Pixel hat, wird auch kein größeres Vorschaubild generiert und die größte Vorschau ist das nächstkleinere Standard-Vorschau-Format. Du könntest versuchen in deinen Präferenzen die maximale Größe von Vorschaubildern zu ändern, vielleicht wird dir dann ein größerers Vorschaubild angezeigt. Oder du kannst mit der Maus auf einen der Vorschaulinks rechts klicken, um die URL zu erhalten. Darin steht dann irgendwo .../329px-... Diesen Wert passt Du dann an und kopierst ihn in die URL-Zeile des Web-Browsers. Dann wird ein entsprechendes Vorschaubild generiert. Kann sein, dass es einen Timeout gibt, dann einfach nochmal laden. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 12:39, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@C.Suthorn Hey, danke für Deine Antwort! Das klingt plausibel; daran wird es liegen. Danke! :) Liglioto (talk) 09:06, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Anfänger-Probleme

Ich habe gleich viele Fragen: 1. Ist es Pflicht im Benutzerraum etwas über seine Person zu schreiben? 2. Ist Benutzerraum und Benutzernamensraum dasselbe? 3. Wie kann ich meinen Text im Benutzerraum speichern? Ich sehe dafür keine Funktion... Oder muss ich meinen Text woanders eingeben? 4. Warum werden meine Bilder, die ich von meinem PC hochlade, nicht angenommen? Acbar2001 (talk) 14:44, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Hallo @Acbar2001:

vorab: Wenn du auf Deutsch schreiben willst, wirst du im Commons:Forum mehr Erfolg haben, auf dieser Seite hier ist eher Englisch üblich.

Zu den Fragen:

1. Nein.
2. Benutzernamensraum sind üblicherweise alle Unterseiten der Haupt-Benutzerseite eines Benutzers. Deine Haupt-Benutzerseite hier auf Wikimedia Commons ist User:Acbar2001. Unterseiten werden davon mit Schrägstrich / abgetrennt. Eine mögliche Unterseite wäre User:Acbar2001/Testseite. Statt Testseite kannst du die auch beliebig anders nennen.
3. Zum Beispiel, indem du auf der noch leeren Seite User:Acbar2001 (oder einer Unterseite) etwas schreibst und dann unten die Schaltfläche (Button) Seite veröffentlichen klickst.
4. Um das beantworten zu können, braucht es mehr Details; du solltest beschreiben, was du machst und was dann passiert oder eben nicht passiert, ob es Fehlermeldungen gibt und wenn ja wie diese lauten usw.

Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 16:17, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Vielen Dank! Beim Hochladen eines Fotos kommt dieser Text: "Wir konnten nicht feststellen, ob diese Datei für Wikimedia Commons geeignet ist. Bitte nur Fotos hochladen, die Du selbst mit Deiner Kamera aufgenommen hast, oder lies, was sonst noch akzeptabel ist. Siehe den Leitfaden um sicherzustellen, dass die Datei akzeptabel ist, und lerne, wie man sie auf Wikimedia Commons hochlädt. - . " Ich kann mit dieser Auskunft nix anfangen. Und die weiterführenden links helfen mir nicht. Es geht um das Portraitfoto eines Arztes, über den ich schreibe. Acbar2001 (talk) 14:45, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

@Acbar2001: Sorry, hat ein paar Tage gedauert mit der Antwort. Du scheinst mit dem Hochlade-Assistent hochzuladen; den kenne ich nicht so gut. Die Fehlermeldung sagt mir auch nichts, ich kann nur vermuten, dass du irgendwann beim Hochladeprozess eine Auswahl vorgenommen hast, die dazu führt. Ich kann versuchen, das nachzuvollziehen, dazu müsstest du mir aber sämtliche deiner Schritte beim Hochladen beschreiben und auch sagen, wer dieses Foto gemacht hat, wo du es her hast, mit welcher Urheberrechts-Lizenz du es hochladen willst usw. Oder du versuchst es doch nochmals direkt im Commons:Forum, da sind erfahrungsgemäß auch Benutzer, die mit solchen Hochlade-Problemen mehr Erfahrung haben. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 20:54, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

PS: Ich sehe, du hast es mittlerweile geschafft, die Dateien direkt aus der dt. Wikipedia hochzuladen. War die beschriebene Fehlermeldung womöglich eine der Wikipedia? Dann hätte sie mit dem Hochlade-Assistenten von Wikimedia Commons nichts zu tun. Jedenfalls, die hochgeladenen Dateien sind so allesamt problematisch. Du scheinst die alle als "eigenes Werk" mit Creative-Commons-Lizenz hochgeladen zu haben, obwohl den Beschreibungen nach du bei keinem einzigen der Fotograf bzw. Zeichner bist. Das macht Probleme mit dem Urheberrecht, womöglich werden bis auf ein oder zwei Dateien alle wieder gelöscht. Gruß --Rosenzweig τ 21:02, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Oft kommt die Fehlermeldung, wenn Bilder zu klein sind. Kamera-Bilder bitte immer in Originalauflösung hochladen und nicht vorher runterskalieren. Ansonsten siehe mein Vorredner :-) Windharp (talk) 09:54, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Siehe auch COM:HR/de.

See also COM:HR.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 22:19, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

YouTube Video Screenshot

Hello - New user here!

Am I allowed to upload a screenshot from a YouTube video to the Wikimedia Commons? Or is this against the TOS/Copyright Laws?

Thank you! Cheeseburgahhh (talk) 23:05, 9 March 2024 (UTC)

Only if the video is licensed under Creative Commons license and the creator holds the rights to the content Trade (talk) 01:05, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

Or if the video is under some other compatible licence. Or is of a work whose copyright has expired, or is a work by the US government, or.... We cant give a definitive answer without knowing the source, or at least the circumstances. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:55, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Can't upload a new version of an svg file

I made my own modifications to File:Emblem of Yemen.svg, and I just can't proceed,

• It prompts me that "If you do not provide suitable license and source information, your upload will be deleted without further notice. Thank you for your understanding." I modified the file myself.
• It also prompts me that "Found scriptable element "script" in the uploaded SVG file." which I tried to remove by modifying the .svg file but the message didn't go away regardless.

Mkfreal (talk) 20:36, 10 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mkfreal: Hi, and welcome. For the first prompt, please read COM:EVID. Any modification of that file needs to be {{PD-self}}. For the second prompt, please see COM:SVG.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:37, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Understood, thanks a lot. Mkfreal (talk) 11:21, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mkfreal: I added the template to the svg per your request at COM:OWR. Abzeronow (talk) 17:28, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow: Thanks! @Mkfreal: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 01:29, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

FlickrReview bot

The FlickrReview bot seems to have stopped, about four days now. Ron Clausen (talk) 05:23, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Pinging @Zhuyifei1999 as operator of FlickreviewR 2.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 10:50, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Discussed at https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Administrators%27_noticeboard#Flickr_Review_Bot_has_broken_down , looks like long term, this bot probably needs a new maintainer that understands how the bot works. Abzeronow (talk) 17:19, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Are religious symbols/logos copyrighted?

Apologies for this ridiculous question. Just asking a question about this because I uploaded a photo with the symbol/logo of a Japanese religious establishment, Zenrinkyo, in a very tiny part of it. It looks like a Christian cross surrounded by a flower. I have extra photos for the plaques of the symbol/logo and I want to upload them if they are permitted. Because it's difficult for me to search for the answer, what is Wikimedia Commons' policy on photos that have religious logos/symbol? Komitsuki (talk) 15:52, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm a little bit concerned as I imposed the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication to that photo. Komitsuki (talk) 16:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@Komitsuki: it's de minimis in the photograph so it's fine. To answer your larger question, yes, religious logos and symbols can be copyrighted, but they would have to be above the threshold of originality in the country of origin to be copyrightable. Abzeronow (talk) 17:24, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Proper use of images of executives

I'm looking to add headshots/images for different companies. Doing so seems like a good way to enhance different pages.

That said, I'd like clarity on proper usage. Take Satya Nadella's page, for instance. The image appears to be from a professional photographer, but it's listed under a Creative Commons license (CC BY-SA 4.0). How can you be sure you have permission? Was this given in a way that isn't obvious to anyone but this inside Wikipedia?

On a related note, if you were able to take an image from a firm's site and source it to that site in a clear, obvious way, would that be OK?

MS-Exec-Nadella-Satya-2017-08-31-22 (cropped) - Satya Nadella - Wikipedia KjOKheyhey (talk) 17:49, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Convenience links: Satya Nadella, File:MS-Exec-Nadella-Satya-2017-08-31-22 (cropped).jpg. - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Link for convenience: File:MS-Exec-Nadella-Satya-2017-08-31-22 (cropped).jpg. Note that the source page explicitly says that it has an appropriate license and that's from Microsoft's website: https://news.microsoft.com/exec/satya-nadella/ It seems like they want the photo shared. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 17:58, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

(cross-posted) @KjOKheyhey: why would we doubt a license granted on an official page on Microsoft's site? - Jmabel ! talk 17:59, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@KjOKheyhey: added a license review so it's incredibly obvious that this is properly licensed. Abzeronow (talk) 18:03, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

To everyone that responded: My apologies. I didn't see that part at the bottom. That makes it crystal clear. KjOKheyhey (talk) 18:25, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

More clarification on image use

Here's a better example of what's prompting me to ask these questions.

I looked at the page for the CEO of Reddit, Steve Huffman. It has an image and the sourcing is clear. It takes you to a flickr account. But how is permission established? It has a CC label, but where does it say that on the flickr site?

If you find an image on a site that makes the source obvious and then use it - taking the image of Ford CEO Jim Farley from the company site, and clearly marking the source as Ford, for instance - does that work?

https://media.ford.com/content/fordmedia/fna/us/en/people/james-d--farley--jr-.html#

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Web_Summit_2017_-_Centre_Stage_Day_2_CG1_7885_(38232183112)_(cropped).jpg

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Huffman KjOKheyhey (talk) 18:55, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

@KjOKheyhey On the Flickr page for the file, https://flickr.com/photos/74711243@N06/38232183112, there's a link below the picture on the right-hand side that says "Some rights reserved". That's a link to the CC BY 2.0 licence and is what marks the picture as having been released under that licence. You might find Commons:Where is the license on various sites? useful. Your Ford example doesn't seem to have a free licence, so wouldn't be acceptable on Commons. --bjh21 (talk) 20:39, 11 March 2024 (UTC)

Removal of my photo

I am Anahid sarkissian....One of my ancient students has posted this photo without my concent!!! I dont want this photo of mine in wikimedia's files!! I have the right to ask you to remove this photo!! I have asked once, but was refused!!! and I am not satisfied at all, at all!!! its my RIGHT!!! He has posted without my information and permission!!! I will continue pursuing!!! if I am refused once more, I will search other ways!!! it's my right!!!

Category:Anahid Sarkissian 2A01:E0A:414:DF00:81DE:A60D:FDC6:10F8 14:24, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

For the interested, previous discussion at Commons:Deletion requests/File:Anahid Sarkissian (2014).jpg. Personally, I think a courtesy deletion would be ok, not used in any WP-articles. If this was en-WP, I'd argue WP:BLPKIND Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:42, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

It's a pretty bad photo. I'd certainly agree to delete it if we had any other photo of the person in question, but we do not, so for the moment I am neutral on this.

Ms. Sarkissian, the simplest solution to this would certainly be for you to arrange to free-license a better photo of yourself, in which case I am sure there would be agreement to delete this one. - Jmabel ! talk 18:07, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

"not used in any WP-articles" It is used on Wikidata. That's no less significant than use on Wikipedia. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 11:41, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I think it is, but that opinion is probably off-topic. Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 10:27, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Removal of my photo!

i found my photo on your website without my consent. I would like you to deleted it right away. File:Leane Edouard.jpg there is the file so you can do it . 2A02:8440:3108:2ADD:650B:4C78:58DC:D27F 14:43, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

I see no obvious reason [1] why we should have this image. @Jmabel, what's the "rule" here? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 14:58, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Speedy deletion requested. F10 and G3. -- Asclepias (talk) 15:35, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

I fulfilled the speedy deletion request. —RP88 (talk) 15:38, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

¿EN QUÉ FORMATO SE PUEDEN SUBIR ARCHIVOS DE TEXTO?

¿EN QUÉ FORMATO SE PUEDEN SUBIR ARCHIVOS DE TEXTO? Californidad (talk) 17:52, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Californidad: Por favor no escribas todo en mayúsculas. Para archivos de texto, lea Commons:Alcance del proyecto (via google translate). Abzeronow (talk) 17:55, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

¿Cual es su intención? Commons es un archivo multimedia. No almanecemos archivos de texto. - Jmabel ! talk 18:10, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

Uploading photos which appear as rotated

I'm in the process of uploading more than 20 images, scanned from negatives, and a few of them have uploaded rotated (either upside down, or rotated through 90 degrees). Can I fix this at this stage (without having to re-enter all of the descriptions) or should I delete the rotated ones and try to upload them later? Ginigee (talk) 21:05, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Ginigee: Once you've finished uploading them, there's an option on each file's page (under the list of versions of the file) to "Upload a new version of this file". You can use that to overwrite the file while keeping the description intact. Commons has recently instituted some restrictions on overwriting files, but I don;'t think there's any problem with overwriting files you've uploaded yourself. --bjh21 (talk) 21:31, 12 March 2024 (UTC)

@Gingee: but better than that, if it's just a matter of rotation, tag them with {{Rotate}} (using the appropriate number of degrees, e.g. {{rotate|90}}) and a bot will deal with that. - Jmabel ! talk 10:47, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I keep trying to upload a file I select add then nothing I don’t know if it’s attached Wkare227 (talk) 10:13, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@Wkare227: is this about Ginigee's rotation issue, or should this be in a new section? - Jmabel ! talk 10:45, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

File Requested correction

I found a picture file in the Category:Images requiring perspective correction

(1956_Fiat_Multipla_Minivan_-_Deutsches_Museum_Verkehrszentrum_München)

I corrected the file the best I could using Gimp. What am I supposed to do with the corrected file? I tried overwriting the original file. It didn't work. I got an error message saying I was not the creator of the file and so could not overwrite it. Lars A (talk) 11:34, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@Lars A: Hi, and welcome. I am sorry to inform you that you have triggered Special:AbuseFilter/290. The proposal to "Limit file overwriting to users with autopatrol rights" was accepted with many supports and one weak oppose 15:19, 23 September 2023 (UTC). After an implementation problem in phab:T345896 and testing, Special:AbuseFilter/290 went live with the Disallow action 09:35, 28 October 2023 (UTC). Please read MediaWiki:abusefilter-warning-file-overwriting. You may request COM:AP at COM:RFR when you think you are ready (once you have made more than 500 useful non-botlike edits); having that should allow you to overwrite.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 14:30, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

I understand. Thanks! Lars A (talk) 17:49, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Convenience link: File:1956 Fiat Multipla Minivan - Deutsches Museum Verkehrszentrum München.JPG.

@Lars A: That looks like a very difficult file on which to do a good perspective correction, and anything that you come up with should almost certainly be uploaded under a distinct filename. - Jmabel ! talk 20:27, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks for replying. Now I tried to correct another file:

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:AUT_%E2%80%94_K%C3%A4rnten_%E2%80%94_Bezirk_Spittal_an_der_Drau_%E2%80%94_Baldramsdorf_%E2%80%94_Unterhaus_18_(Schloss_Ortenburg)_2021.jpg

Then I uploaded it with a new name.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:New_version_AUT_%E2%80%94_K%C3%A4rnten_%E2%80%94_Bezirk_Spittal_an_der_Drau_%E2%80%94_Baldramsdorf_%E2%80%94_Unterhaus_18_(Schloss_Ortenburg)_2021.jpg

Is this how you meant for me to do? Lars A (talk) 05:55, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Lars A: Probably, but please use internal links like File:AUT — Kärnten — Bezirk Spittal an der Drau — Baldramsdorf — Unterhaus 18 (Schloss Ortenburg) 2021.jpg and File:New version AUT — Kärnten — Bezirk Spittal an der Drau — Baldramsdorf — Unterhaus 18 (Schloss Ortenburg) 2021.jpg, and link the files using {{Extracted from}} and {{Image extracted}} or dFX to preserve source links.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 08:05, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

OK, thanks! I understand. Lars A (talk) 10:34, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Lars A: Your new upload should indicate that it is a derivative of the original file. You can {{Retouched picture}}. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 19:53, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Now I tried following both of your advice. Thanks! Lars A (talk) 00:18, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Upload

How can I upload my things may I ask Elonathi (talk) 17:53, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Ok thanks for your help 🥰

🥰🥰 Elonathi (talk) 18:01, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@Elonathi: Hi,

What do you want to upload? Please read COM:SCOPE and COM:L before uploading anything. Thanks, Yann (talk) 19:07, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

User created "gallery" of ogg files

Would somebody be willing to look at a "gallery" of ogg files and see if Commons would like to host it? On other wikis I create a page by doing a search and hitting the return button. My guess is that on Commons we write the page in userspace and request a page move. That is fine with me, but I am currently writing a "gallery" of ogg files, and don't know if I should write it for Commons, Wikipedia, or Wikiversity. Where it should go depends in how I write it (especially because Wikiversity and Wikipedia have different template structures.) The gallery is a full performance of Mozart's Magic Flute. To my (questionable) ear, the performance ogg file seem pretty good. A version of the "gallery" is under construction at w:User:Guy vandegrift/sandbox/sandbox. Guy vandegrift (talk) 17:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

BTW, there is a reasonable chance this gallery would get visits. I make lots of image files, but over 50 have been placed on wikis other that Wikiversity. See v:User:Guy vandegrift/Images on other wikis--Guy vandegrift (talk) 18:51, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Galleries here go in the main space. Die Zauberflöte would be an appropriate location, and put it in Category:Die Zauberflöte. If someone also wanted to add appropriate images, all the better. - Jmabel ! talk 20:31, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

Picture Sources

A few months ago I got in hot water after I uploaded several driver photos that were from external sources. I wanna know all the ways that I can get a picture of said driver to upload and use on Wikipedia without getting copyright claimed, since I don't know any of them. DualSkream 14:55 March 13, 2024 (EST) DualSkream (talk) 18:55, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

@DualSkream: you are probably out of luck, unless you happen to run across free-licensed images you can use. You can't just magically make copyright disappear, or make a license appear. - Jmabel ! talk 20:33, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

legal-reports@wikimedia.org

Is four hours a normal time to go without any response? Starting pinging an admin might be the only way to get the image removed Trade (talk) 23:56, 13 March 2024 (UTC)

This e-mail is not for routine image deletion requests. You should use Commons:speedy deletion. Ruslik (talk) 14:22, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Ruslik0: It wasn't a "routine image deletion request". It was a probably non-consensual upskirt photo of a probably underaged girl. I deleted it, but of course I can't hard-delete. Trade's question is entirely reasonable. - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Did you got a reply back from them Jmabel? Not the automated one i mean Trade (talk) 12:14, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Nope. - Jmabel ! talk 19:25, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

œuvre d'art

comment télécharger un tableau par exemple "ceci n'est pas une pipe" de Magritte? Agamnis (talk) 09:28, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

You would download this exactly the same way you download any other image file on the web. Since you don't say what browser or OS, there is probably nothing more than that anyone can say. - Jmabel ! talk 21:18, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Agamnis: Les oeuvres de René Magritte ne seront pas dans le domaine public en Belgique avant 3038, et donc pas sur Commons avant cette date.

Works by René Magritte won't be in the public domain in Belgium before 2038, so they won't be on Commons before that date. Yann (talk) 21:24, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm trying to upload a image of Zhwe with Breve for my draft but the filename is wrong?

I have a picture of Zhwe with breve and have tried names like: Zhwe With Breve and ZhweBreve but an error saying "The filename is not allowed" keeps popping up. Why is this happening??? D:> Eggs111 (talk) 18:20, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@Eggs111: What type of file are you trying to upload, and what exactly is the filename (with extension) that is getting rejected? - Jmabel ! talk 21:16, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

Actress Mia Marvin

Miss Marvin's Wikipedia entry has no photo of her and there are none available exhaustively searching the Internet. Is there a way to get authorization from the owner the film "The Public Enemy" by Warner Bros. 1931 (ranked #8 on AFI's top 10 gangster films) to use a screenshot from the movie? I successfully had her added to the IMDB database some years back to be included as an uncredited actor in the film. It seems disrespectful of her brief film legacy to not acknowledge and honor what she looked like. TomDiRensselaer (talk) 18:25, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

@TomDiRensselaer: You can try asking the rights owner, if you can figure out who they are. But for the article on the English-language Wikipedia, en:WP:FAIRUSE may be a more practical solution. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:01, 14 March 2024 (UTC)

How do you create a new category?

Commons:Categories#Creating a new category says to just search for it, and when it isn't found some red lettered item will show up and to just click on it to create it. I searched for Category: 1876 paintings by Auguste Toulmouche, and all I got was a box that said

We didn't find any results Try more general terms or check your spelling

I know you didn't find it; that's why I'm trying to create it. (I deleted what I meant to include about what I think). How do I create a new category?Mabrndt (talk) 03:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

I usually do it one of two ways:

1) If there is an item I want to add to the category, just add the category to the item which creates a red link you can click on.

2) Edit a similiar category, and change the URL to the new category name which then opens the edit window of the new category. This has the advantage that you can easily copy & paste the content from the existing category to the new one. Windharp (talk) 09:47, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

As far as I know, 1) no longer works (at least I couldn't get/see any red link to click on). But, 2) did work and I was able to create the category. Thanks!!Mabrndt (talk) 14:33, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mabrndt: It still works, see for example Category:Graffiti_in_Landkreis_Reutlingen which has a red category between all the blue ones. Works the same with pictures, that was just the first example I found :-) Windharp (talk) 15:57, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

I guess I wasn't specific enough. I meant searching (for me anyway) didn't return anything red to click on; the next reply probably explains why.

@Mabrndt: After searching, use "Switch to Special:Search" in the top right (on desktop). Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:10, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. I'll try to remember that the next time I need it. I've successfully created the category using 2) above.Mabrndt (talk) 14:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Experienced editor

Hello

I'm trying to translate a page to another language, but I have to create another language first. I can create a language and translate it but I can't press OK to continue. When I press OK I get an error message that I am not an experienced editor.

My question now is: How do you become an experienced editor so you can publish the translations?

Thanks in advance, I look forward to an answer. Ben Kenens Promocioeconomicalajonquera (talk) 09:00, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Promocioeconomicalajonquera: Could you please be more specific than "a page" and "another language"? And certainly you don't mean "create a language" (I think you mean create a page in a language, but I'm not sure). I suspect the "my question now" question is based on a misunderstanding. If you say what page you are trying to translate into what language, someone can probably help you get started. - Jmabel ! talk 17:25, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Photo Credit

Can I upload a photo to be used on wikipedia and require that all uses provide a photo credit? Eyetosee (talk) 17:17, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Eyetosee: Meaning you want to be explicitly credited in Wikipedia, rather than just having the photo link to the file page? If so, no. - Jmabel ! talk 17:27, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes, a CC-by-sa licence would do that. See COMMONS:LICENSING and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

However do you mean 'a photo credit' broadly, or (as Jmabel describes) a credit on the Wikipedia page ? In which case, no. Andy Dingley (talk) 17:55, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Yes. I mean, whenever or where ever the image gets used a credit is given. Eyetosee (talk) 22:23, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

Again: no, it is not possible to require that an actual written credit be given on the pages where it is used, and in particular this will not happen in Wikipedia.

If you license with {{CC-BY-SA-4.0}} then that requires that to conform there must be a credit in some form, but for online use it is permitted to have a situation where the user has to click on the picture to see the credit (and that is what will be done in Wikipedia). If that is not acceptable to you, then please do not upload your files to Commons. - Jmabel ! talk 10:22, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

How to upload images to wiki

With Respect: How do I move uncategorized Wikipedia Commons files https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Alan_E._Freedman? The uncategorized files are https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1923_Fox_Folks_Lab_History_1.jpg through https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1923_Fox_Folks_Lab_History_20.jpg. I uploaded both the uncategorized files as well as the categorized ones and clearly did not do so properly. Please help. Regards, Mbarrach Mbarrach (talk) 20:14, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mbarrach: Convenience links (please use internal links, which work correctly for both PC and mobile/tablet, and which will show in red if the page in question does not exist; in edit mode, note the colon after the initial square brackets, which says I am mentioning the category of file, not applying the category to the present page, or displaying the file on the present page): Category:Alan E. Freedman, File:1923 Fox Folks Lab History 1.jpg, File:1923 Fox Folks Lab History 20.jpg.

I am not sure I understand your question. You seem to be asking how to put all 20 of these pages in Category:Alan E. Freedman, which seems an odd thing to do. Surely if we have 20+ pages for Fox Folks it deserves a category of its own.

Have you read Commons:Categories? If not, you should at least skim it.

To add category "A" to an image "B" (or as a parent to a child category "B") you just edit the page for "B" and at the bottom (near other categories if they are already there) add the category (in this case [[Category:Alan E. Freedman]] if that is the category you mean to add).

I hope that answers your question. - Jmabel ! talk 10:34, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Category

Hi,

Does anyone know what is the exact category for this type of shark? I'm not very knowledgeable in this field.

Regards Riad Salih (talk) 23:56, 15 March 2024 (UTC)

No sorry, but the file is now added to some other categories and I am pretty sure the file will get more attention by other editors. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:03, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Other deletion reasoning for image

An image that I had uploaded has been tagged for copyright. I don't think the copyright violation is valid, however after some consideration, I do think the image I had uploaded is non-educational, and is thus OOS. I believe that the image should be deleted, but not for copyright reasons. What should I do, if anything? Thanks, WhoAteMyButter (talk) 06:02, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@WhoAteMyButter: If it's on its way to deletion anyway, I wouldn't worry too much about the grounds. Or, if it's something you uploaded in the last 7 days, you can speed things along by replacing the current rationale with {{SD|G7}}, as explained at Template:My bad upload. - Jmabel ! talk 10:38, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@WhoAteMyButter: You can remove the coyvio tag and start a normal deletion request explaining why the file is not a copyvio and why you think it is out of scope. On the description page of the file, below the scary red copyvio tag, there is a button labeled "challenge speedy deletion". You can click it. Or alternatively, you can click the "nominate for deletion" link in the "tools" column. If the whole thing is indeed CC-BY 4.0, screen captures are probably fine. Files are automatically considered in scope if they are in use in Wikipedia. The user who nominated for copyvio the file mentioned on your talk page nominated also another file without warning you on your talk page. It's the file still in use in your draft. If you want to keep it, you must act quickly to challenge the speedy deletion. -- Asclepias (talk) 14:08, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Wo kann ich nachträglich eine Lizenz eintragen?

Lizenzvergabe bei einem Bild vergessen Frank John-Lorenz (talk) 07:17, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@Frank John-Lorenz: Fügen Sie einfach die richtige Vorlage ("Template") auf der Dateiseite hinzu. Zum Beispiel, {{self|CC-BY-SA-4.0}}. - Jmabel ! talk 10:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

JPG preview of TIF files?

All TIF files like this one have JPG previews of multiple resolutions up to the maximum pixels of the original file. The example I am using also has a JPG version as a separate file as well but it is a scaled down version.

Is it safe to assume that the largest JPG preview of the TIF file has as good or even better quality to if I convert the TIF file to JPG in a converter? StellarHalo (talk) 10:07, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

No. If you use a converter, it is your choice to set the jpeg-quality to any value you want from 0 to 100%. The Wiki preview comes with a jpeg quality that has been decided on by the wiki developers. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 18:56, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Reseña autobiográfica

Hola, me gustaría preguntar si es posible y, en su caso, cómo incluir una reseña personal autobiográfica. He sido empresario durante toda una vida y escritor de varios libros. En la actualidad soy Presidente Provincial de la Asociación Española Contra el Cáncer en Málaga. Me pregunto si es posible colgar una reseña profesional en wikipedia y si alguien me puede ayudar a colgarlo. Saludos cordiales. Joaquín Morales Rubio (talk) 10:58, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@Joaquín Morales Rubio: es casi seguro que la respuesta sea "no." No hay ningunos artículos aquí en Commons (el sitio de web donde preguntó). Wikipedia no permite que una persona escriba sobre su mismo, ni en la Wikipedia inglés (WP:COI), ni la español (es:Wikipedia:Conflicto de interés). - Jmabel ! talk 19:33, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Sobre datos biográficos.

Desearía escribir mis datos biográficos. Jorge Mario Nista (talk) 11:45, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Recomendo [[2]]. Pero, por favor, los proyectos de WMF no son lugares para escribir sobre su mismo. La sola excepción es que participantes activos en los proyectos pueden escribir algo sobre su mismo en sus páginas respectivas de usario (en su caso, aquí en Commons, User:Jorge Mario Nista). - 19:39, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

What is the origin of this orchid?

Ph Odettechikel (talk) 13:40, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@Odettechikel: You don't say which orchid, but in any case, this page is for asking for help using Wikimedia Commons. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 15:20, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

Help

I have been blocked and I do not understand why. I own a business called Johnson Woolen Mills and maybe I wasn't supposed to set up a WIKI account with that name? Maybe that's why I'm blocked? But we purchased this business last year and you have a logo listed as the previous owners and not ours and also the history is incorrect and I have sources to site. I need help please. Johnsonwoolenmills (talk) 19:05, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

You were blocked not here (on Commons) but in English Wikipedia. See en:User_talk:Johnsonwoolenmills for details. Ruslik (talk) 19:11, 16 March 2024 (UTC)

@Johnsonwoolenmills Company names are not allowed as account names at english wikipedia. Here at commons you can upload any logo of any company including your own company provided the logo is either below ToO and PD, or it has a free license. If neither is the case the logo must not be uploaded. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 17:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Please don't use jargon like "ToO" and "PD" on this page without explaining them, or at least linking to relevant pages, in this case Com:ToO and Com:PD. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:46, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

CHEF.HANI.RFATI

Photos of Chef Hani Rafati Azayem (talk) 02:48, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

What about them? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 08:53, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Seems to relate to ar:هاني الرفاتي Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:43, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Unsure if what I have downloaded is in the public domain

Hi, I have uploaded File:The battle of the Trebbia (1799) map.jpg
Map from 1837, the rights have expired as I know, but on the website page at the bottom left where I got this image from (see image source) there is a copyright mark. Does this refer to the image, can I clarify? Kolya Muratov (talk) 11:49, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Hey @Kolya Muratov: Pretty much anything that old is going to be public domain. There are a few very strange exceptions, mostly having to do with royal families just declaring that they own copyright in perpetuity. But if you slip up on that, nobody's gonna hold it against you. Since Friedrich Rudolf von Rothenburg seems to have lived in Germany before there was a Germany, I'm guessing you're okay. GMG^talk 11:55, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

Good, thanks. Kolya Muratov (talk) 12:04, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

How do I upload my family history story

I have written my family history story to share for the community to enjoy reading about life events of my family in a real community. Rick Hawkeye (talk) 13:11, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

@Rick Hawkeye: It almost certainly does not belong on Commons, Wikipedia, or any other WMF site. Even if your family is notable enough to merit coverage in an encyclopedia, a family history written by a family member, unless first published by a reputable publisher, would almost certainly fall foul of the policies on conflicts of interest, e.g. WP:COI.

There are, of course, many places on the web (including a site of your own) where you could publish such a thing, but WMF projects are almost certainly not the right places. - Jmabel ! talk 17:50, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

@Richard Arthur Norton (1958- ): , since they might able to help this user off-wiki. Abzeronow (talk) 18:16, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

@Rick Hawkeye: See also en:Wikipedia:Alternative outlets. Andy Mabbett (Pigsonthewing); Talk to Andy; Andy's edits 20:36, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

• You can add a Wiki style biography of each family member at Familypedia (via Fandom), it was started by the same guy that started Wikipedia but pays for itself with ads. You can add deceased family members to Wikidata, and Wikidata has links to the other genealogy sites. See for example: Anton Julius Winblad where I link to his entry in Geni, Familysearch, Findagrave, and Wikitree. I copy and paste the same biography to each of the websites. Wikidata also links to Category:Anton_Julius_Winblad where we are now. You can load historical images of family members at Commons if they are in the public domain or a family member took the image and you have inherited the copyrights. You can also load historical public domain news articles to Commons and and link the names in the article to people in Wikidata. See for example: File:Patrick J. Norton (1856-1905) and John Norton (1861-1905) in a fist fight as reported in the Jersey Journal on Tuesday, May 19, 1891.png where my great-grandfather got into a drunken brawl in 1891. I transcribed the article and added it to Wikisource:Jersey_Journal/1893/Trying_to_Refresh_Conboy's_Memory and also created a Wikidata entry for the news article here: Trying to Refresh Conboy's Memory. --RAN (talk) 20:51, 17 March 2024 (UTC)

required uploading my personal images

Jay Shree Ram Mr.diler7 (talk) 01:58, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I'm not sure what your question is, but does COM:PERSONAL help? Gråbergs Gråa Sång (talk) 07:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Higher res logo

I have uploaded File:Rta radio tv af2.jpg. I request it to be moved to File:Rta radio tv af.jpg as a replacement since my version is a higher resolution and clearer image. Mobilustener (talk) 02:46, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Convenience links: File:Rta radio tv af2.jpg, File:Rta radio tv af.jpg. @Mobilustener: please when referring to files, use internal links like these. - Jmabel ! talk 17:53, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@Mobilustener: it's larger, but the edges aren't sharp, and File:Rta radio tv af.jpg has text that is missing from yours, so one of these is not a substitute for the other. - Jmabel ! talk 17:55, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

confirmation of photo being uploaded into wiki loves folklore

How can i know if the photo that i have just uploaded has entered the wiki loves folklore competition Mangam3na (talk) 08:33, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

• @Mangam3na: It would be very helpful if you would link to a photo when you ask about it. If you mean File:Dancers from Imbonggu District, Southern Highlands Province, Papua New Guinea.jpg it appears to be marked correctly with {{Wiki Loves Folklore 2024}}, but you still need to add categories, plus a description in at least one language. Very nice photo, by the way. - Jmabel ! talk 17:59, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

I can't upload file

why I can't upload a media,? I'm the new here The prof Osward (talk) 13:56, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

• @The prof Osward: Very hard for someone to guess with no description of what you have tried and what went wrong for you. Have you read Commons:First steps? - Jmabel ! talk 18:02, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

CDC TIF file not passing verification?

I'm trying to upload the TIF file located at at https://phil.cdc.gov/Details.aspx?pid=12048 direct but I receive an error "This file did not pass file verification." Why is that? GobsPint (talk) 14:50, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@GobsPint: it would help a lot if you would say what upload tool you are using and what exactly you did. Lacking that info, converting from TIFF to JPEG before uploading might help. - Jmabel ! talk 18:07, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jmabel: - I attempted to upload the TIF via Special:UploadWizard and the old upload form via both the url and downloading and uploading the TIF. The TIF renders fine on my computer and was not edited prior to upload. Perhaps it's a file parsing bug?GobsPint (talk) 01:53, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G.: Any thoughts? - Jmabel ! talk 06:41, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@GobsPint I have uploaded it as PNG File:12048 see help desk.png please fill in all the needed description, date, categories.

The file does indeed not pass verification, but encoded as PNG it does pass. It has rich EXIF data and among EXIF data en entry "URL list", but it has no content. I thought, this might alienate the verification, but in PNG format is passed. C.Suthorn (@Life_is@no-pony.farm - p7.ee/p) (talk) 12:51, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Do all new uploads get checked?

If it is not routine for new uploads to be checked, can someone please look at

The helmsman's position can be seen behind the lower balustraded opening between the two lower companionways.

Whilst I am pretty sure this has a suitable creative commons licence, I am not totally certain that I have chosen the correct one – should this have a country-specific licence? ThoughtIdRetired (talk) 20:24, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

License appears to be correct. Source states cc-by-sa 4.0. Abzeronow (talk) 20:38, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

There is no single process that ensures that all new uploads are checked, but some users choose to make it a point to do this and some conditions will make it more or less likely to be visible to others. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 20:41, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

@ThoughtIdRetired: Free licenses, such as CC BY and CC BY-SA, are issued by the copyright owner to apply worldwide. Although CC licenses versions before version 4.0 may exist in some localized country adaptations, they apply worldwide. Therefore, free licensed works do not need an additional country-specific tag on Wikimedia Commons. On an unrelated suggestion, I think it could be useful to use the add note tool to help readers identify what is where on the image. -- Asclepias (talk) 21:20, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

PD-textlogo: Too complex, or can it be more complex?

Hello! this logo, marked as PD-textlogo, is one I feel does express plenty of originality, but I presume the law considers it public domain as "The [U.S. Copyright] Office typically refuses claims [of calligraphy]...regardless of how novel and creative the shape and form of the typeface characters may be." (Source, Section 906.4)

If it does, I wonder if the same could be said about the colored and textured logo here (better link added post-submission). I ask because Wikimedia is the only place I've seen the Jak & Daxter logo displayed in all black, having been a fan of the game since childhood. Thank you in advance for any assistance! Kaasterly (talk) 22:09, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Heads up that your second link did not render to me. This works, tho: https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/logopedia/images/f/f0/Jak_and_Daxter.png Speaking as a non-lawyer, simply taking something that is public domain and adding a color gradient to it does not meet the threshold of originality in the United States. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:34, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

Actually, let me revise that somewhat: there is some 3-D embossing and debossing on it, so it's more than just a gradient. —Justin (koavf)❤T☮C☺M☯ 23:36, 18 March 2024 (UTC)

While true that the typeface is not copyrightable, sometimes seemingly small details like the isolated elements off of the D and R (which are not part of the letters) may qualify for copyright on their own, which could be enough. I would definitely not upload the second one, as there are several additional elements. The gradient by itself is likely not enough, but there are additional elements on the letters not related to the typeface, and those could also create a copyright. Carl Lindberg (talk) 14:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

I shan't upload it, then. I figured this might be the case as last year I got a logo taken down for having a logo with a monogram, stylized like a rock much in the same manner, taken down for using PD-textlogo. Thank you both for your assisstance! Kaasterly (talk) 14:45, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

File:Portrait d’un pionnier pédagogique.pdf

Bonjour, comment réintégrer une page (ici portrait d'un pionnier). Je suis désespéré de ne pas y arriver. Quel est le Problème ?

Cette page n’existe pas. Les journaux de suppressions, de protections et de renommages de la page sont fournis ci-dessous pour référence. 16 février 2024 à 16:29 Túrelio d contributions a supprimé la page File:Portrait d’un pionnier pédagogique.pdf (CSD F7 (file is empty, corrupt, or in a disallowed format)) (remercier) (global usage; delinker log)

25 octobre 2023 à 16:12 Túrelio d contributions a supprimé la page File:Portrait d’un pionnier pédagogique.pdf (CSD F7 (file is empty, corrupt, or in a disallowed format)) (remercier) (global usage; delinker log)

14 mai 2023 à 04:30 Krd d contributions a supprimé la page File:Portrait d’un pionnier pédagogique.pdf (No license since 6 May 2023) (remercier) (global usage; delinker log) Aucun fichier de ce nom n’existe, mais vous pouvez en téléverser un.

Utilisations locales du fichier Aucune page n’utilise ce fichier. Jeanlev78 (talk) 13:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jeanlev78: Bonjour,

Ce fichier a été supprimé car il ne correspond pas aux documents acceptés sur Commons. En effet, les documents PDF ne sont acceptés que pour des documents anciens (livres, etc.) ou ayant pour auteur quelqu'un de notable. Les textes doivent être inclus dans Wikipédia comme articles, et non importés sur Commons comme documents séparés. Cordialement, Yann (talk) 13:40, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jeanlev78: Voir aussi COM:NOT/fr et COM:CSD/fr#F7.

See also COM:NOT and COM:CSD#F7.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:09, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

No uploaded by phone

This is unfortunate that still unable to upload by mobile phone Sumasa (talk) 16:57, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Sumasa: It is perfectly possible to upload by phone. Dozens, probably hundreds, of people do it every day. Is there something specific you are doing that is failing, or are you just assuming it is impossible and not trying? - Jmabel ! talk 19:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Sumasa: Hi, and welcome. I see that you were able to do this four times on the 12th via UploadWizard using our mobile web interface. You may also be interested in COM:APP or other technologies at COM:UT.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:42, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Fel titel

Hej Jag behöver hjälp med att ändra ett filnnamn. Jag har missat ett underscore mellan stadsmuseum och GMA nedan. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prostbostaden_Tyska_kyrkan_-_G%C3%B6teborgs_stadsmuseumGMA_14389_17.tif Tack för på förhand Kathiis23 Kathiis23 (talk) 17:15, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

 Done —RP88 (talk) 17:25, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

תמונה

הי, העלתי תמונה, אך איך אני מקשרת אןתה לעמוד הרצוי? Superr777 (talk) 17:55, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Geagea: to answer their question. (I can't find a Hebrew translation for Commons:First steps/Reuse) Abzeronow (talk) 18:10, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Abzeronow, thanks.

עברית:  ::היי @Superr777, ראי בבקשה עזרה:הוספת תמונה לערך. לשאלות נוספות את מוזמנת לפנות לדף ויקיפדיה:דלפק ייעוץ.

-- Geagea (talk) 18:22, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

How do I replace a photo I've previously uploaded?

Recently I have made a much cleaner (noise removed) version of a photo I uploaded a year or so ago. I'd like to replace the earlier one with the improved version. How can I do that? Thanks for any help and my apologies if this question has already been answered. Laurie macbride (talk) 18:22, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

@Laurie macbride: If it is really the same image, just improved, and you are the original uploader, then you should be able to use the "Upload a new version of this file" link below the file history (near the bottom of the file page). - Jmabel ! talk 19:17, 19 March 2024 (UTC)

Is the rotatebot not working?

Been waiting for File:Daredevils Tower CocoCay Bermuda 2024.jpg to get rotated, but nothing is happening. It usually took less than 24 hours, but it has been a few days. Thanks Nv8200p (talk) 14:53, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: Yes, still. Steinsplitter, who has not edited in 12 days, has been allowing his bot to neglect rotation duties for 25 days (since 08:49, 24 February 2024 (UTC)), causing Category:Images requiring rotation by bot to grow to 1,868 files.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 15:27, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

@Jeff G. Thanks. I was able to use CropTool to rotate it. Regards Nv8200p (talk) 16:13, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

@Nv8200pa: You're welcome.   — 🇺🇦Jeff G. ツ please ping or talk to me🇺🇦 23:11, 20 March 2024 (UTC)

Cannot Create Account

Hello! When I attempt to create an account, I am not allowed, with the cited error saying that I have created over 6 accounts on my ip address in the past 24 hours. I am attempting to create this account from my own personal laptop that is not public or shared. Please let me know what to do. Thank you! 69.157.9.190 00:19, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I'd wait for a day or so as IP addresses often change and therefore IP blocks are usually only for a few days or even less. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:55, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Photo

Unable to upload a noncopyright photo JustAPR (talk) 00:30, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Have you tried the Special:UploadWizard? That one has quite good instructions and worked for me. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 00:58, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@JustAPR: - when you say "noncopyright", what exactly is the basis for it not being in copyright? Is this something already online somewhere, and if so can you provide a URL? - Jmabel ! talk 07:52, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

I can't upload my editings on page

I can't upload my editings on page please help me to solve that Shiloh Travel and Tours (talk) 05:26, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

@Shiloh Travel and Tours: your user page was deleted as promotional. - Jmabel ! talk 07:54, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Would this photo be accepted?

I would like to upload the photo from this website to the Lake Pujon page on the English Wikipedia. Would that be accepted? I assume it is as there is no copyright on the page because it seems to be based in North Korea, where the fair use laws are a lot fairer and cover almost anything (i.e. their concept of copyright is completely different from the western world's). What do you think? Nar 2608 (talk) 07:57, 21 March 2024 (UTC)

Here the copyright laws of North Korea. They are pretty fair and have a FoP, but they also have a copyright for photographs of 50 years. On commons fair use is not welcome, but in the English Wikipedia it is. Paradise Chronicle (talk) 12:13, 21 March 2024 (UTC)